7 Arise, O Lord. As in the former verses David boasted of his quiet state, it would now appear he desires of the Lord to be preserved in safety
during the whole of his life; as if he had said, Lord, since thou hast overthrown my enemies,
grant that this thy goodness may follow me, and be continued even to the end of my course. But because it is no uncommon
thing for David, in the Psalms, to mingle together various affections, it seems more probable, that, after having made mention
of his confidence in God, he returns again to make the same prayers as at the beginning.
4545A faire les mesmes prieres qu’au commencement. — Fr.
He therefore asks to be preserved, because he was in eminent peril. What follows concerning the smiting of his enemies, may be explained in two ways: either that in praying he calls to his remembrance his former victories, or that
having experienced the assistance of God, and obtained the answer of his prayers, he now follows it up by thanksgiving: and
this last meanings I am much inclined to adopt. In the first
place, then, he declares that he fled to God for help in dangers, and humbly prayed for deliverance, and after salvation
had been granted him, he gives thanks, by which he testifies, that he acknowledged God to be the author of the deliverance
which he had obtained.
4646Et puis a cause qu’il a obtenu cela, c’est a dire, qu’il est demeure, en sauvete, it luy en rend graces; tesmoignant par cela
qu’il tient de Dieu sa deliverance et la recognoist de luy. — Fr. And then having obtained this, that is to say, having been preserved in safety, he gives thanks to God, testifying by this,
that he owed his deliverance to him, and recognized it as coming from
him.

8. Salvation belongeth unto the Lord. Because ל is sometimes used by the Hebrews for מך Min, some not improperly translate this clause, Salvation is of the Lord. I, however consider the natural and obvious meaning to be simply this, that salvation or deliverance is only in the hands
of God. By these words, David not only claims the office and praise of saving for God alone, tacitly opposing his power to
all human succor; but also declares, that
although a thousand deaths hang over his people, yet this cannot render God unable to save them, or prevent him from speedily
sending forth without any effort, the deliverance which he is always able to impart. In the end of the psalm, David affirms
that this was vouchsafed, not so much to him as an individual, as to the whole people, that the universal Church, whose welfare
depended on the safety and prosperity of his kingdom, might be preserved from destruction. David, therefore, acknowledges
the dispersion of this wicked conspiracy to have been owing to the care which God had about the safety of his Church.
From this passage we learn, that the Church shall always be delivered from the calamities which befall her, because God who
is able to save her, will never withdraw his grace and blessing from her.

46Et puis a cause qu’il a obtenu cela, c’est a dire, qu’il est demeure, en sauvete, it luy en rend graces; tesmoignant par cela
qu’il tient de Dieu sa deliverance et la recognoist de luy. — Fr. And then having obtained this, that is to say, having been preserved in safety, he gives thanks to God, testifying by this,
that he owed his deliverance to him, and recognized it as coming from
him.